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Originally Posted by syee
I've had Windows 7 installed for about 3 days now. The problems I've seen so far:
*Browser freezes several times a day. Haven't found a pattern yet (i.e. it's not Flash or Java or anything like that freezing it). I have to end task IE and have it relaunch.
*Another browser annoyance - animated menus don't work properly. Try going to dealextreme or other sites that use the animated menus. They don't format properly and run into each other.
*Slightly confusing toolbar. When using MSN Messenger, it doesn't seperate out the chats so I have to click on the MSN icon on the toolbar and then select the window I want to bring up. Probably can be changed to the classic mode but haven't looked up how to do it. It now also flashes a "gold" color instead of a very contrasting color. With a yellow or green background, it's somewhat hard to see.
*UAC still exists. Annoying when you're trying to install apps or fix OS issues (like installing missing DLL's and registering them)
*I'm also getting some wierd static when playing back audio (haven't troubleshot it so I don't know if it's a sound card problem, WMP problem or speakers going bad) but I thought I'd throw it in to see if others had the same thing. I'm just using the base Windows 7 drivers for everything as I highly doubt any of the manufacturers will have Windows 7 drivers available at this time)
As for installation, I did mine as a fresh installation. Had a spare drive lying around so I installed it on that. Installation was pretty fast (about on par with XP install) and seems to be running decently on my somewhat dated hardware.
My current hardware is:
Opteron 170
2GB DDR RAM
GeForce 6800GT
Abit AV8 motherboard
SB Audigy sound card
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On browser issues:
This is an issue with IE8...not entirely an issue with Win7. IE8 is really buggy and also in beta.
On confusing toolbar:
There will be a learning curve for sure. It is in fact very similar to the Dock in OS X.
On UAC:
The idea is that it is now much easier to control versus how it was in Vista. You can easily turn it all off if you wanted to now. You couldn't do that in Vista.